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The wars & local soldiers, 1905

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Kuropatkin's Retreat. Regular Debacle Soldiers Panic Stricken. Fire on Comrades. Wholesale Surrenders. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 2

The St. Petersburg correspondent of a leading French newspaper describes Kuropathin's retreat from Mukden as a "Debacle" or a complete entaclysm…

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War to Continue. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 2

The Czar has stated that he is determined to present the war will increased vigour…

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Cablegrams. War Causes of Defeat. War Must Continue. Russians Favor Peace. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 2

The Russians admit that their defeats was chiefly due to their ignorance of the Japanese positions and numbers, which vastly exceeded their…

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Cablegrams. War! Wounded Die in Thousands 100,000 Russian Prisoners. More Troops for Manchuria. Apprehension in Russia. Cutting Off Russian Retreat. Huge Hospitals. Hundreds of Wounded. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 2

The towns of Harbin and Ticling to which the routed remnants of the Russian Manchurian armies are making in driblets, are described as being…

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General War News. LONDON, Wednesday, Mines at Port Arthur

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 2

Since the Japanese have occupied Port Arthur they have removed 305 mines which were placed by the Russians in the waters of Port Arthur…

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Some Interesting Experiences of a War Correspondent

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 16

Sitting in a New York club, George Lynch, the well-known correspondent, en route to London from the seat of war in Manchuria, interested a little group of…

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The British Navy. Obsolete War-ships. London, March 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 27

Among the British war-ships which have been condemned as obsolete by Sir John Fisher, First Naval Lord of the Admiralty and are to be sold, are the following:—The…

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Contraband of War. Two More Captures London, March 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 27

The British colliers, Venus and Aphrodite, bound for Vladivostock, have been captured by the Japanese. The seizures of coal by Japan since the…

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The War. Fears in St. Petersburg. Not a Man Will Reach Harbin. Japan's Prisoners Number 100,000. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 2

The position of the fugitive Russian armies is still one of the gravest peril. While the Japanese centre is closing on Tiding from the south, the wings are executing flanking…

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Cablegrams. War. Russia's Enormous Losses. Foodless Fugitives. Attacking Ticling. Pressure From France. Total Russian Casualties NUMBER 100,000. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 2

It is estimated that the total of Russian killed, wounded and prisoners on land and sea since the commencement of the war numbers 100,000…

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Soldiers' Clothing In Alaska

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 31

The American soldier in Alaska would hardly be recognised by his comrades of the army who are stationed in less rigorous climes. The military occupation of Alaska…

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The War. Russian Army Wiped Out. a Terrible Disaster. Losses 200,000 MEN & 600 Guns. Kuropatkin Seeks to Resign lONDON, March 13

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 2

The Russian army has suffered onermous losses in the retreat towards Tie-ling and is now practically annihilated, the Japanese victory, having been…

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Country Edition. The following appeared in our country edition of Wednesday:— the War. Fall in Russian Securities. The Russian Newspapers Advocate Peace. The Czar and his Ministers. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 1

Diplomats at Washington expect that Russia and Japan will shortly conclude a peace treaty. The chief Powers will claim that the terms must…

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More War Medals. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 2

The War Office authorities have forwarded a further supply of medals awarded to officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the 2nd battation…

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General War News. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 2

General Kazibee has been appointed to the command of Vladivontock…

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Cablegrams. War. Driven out of Ticling. a Demoralised Army. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 2

Reuter's Tokio correspondent states that on Wednesday at midnight the Japanese drove the Russians out of Ticling, to which place they had…

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Stop the War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 March 1905 · page 2

It is stated that the Kaiser of Germany at any rate until recently, had advised the Czar to routine the war on the ground that the privileges of…

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Received with Derision. "Stop the War!"

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 March 1905 · page 2

Large crowds have ass[?] in the streets of [?] the Russian port on the Black Sea, to protest, against the recall of General [?]…

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General War News. LONDON, Sunday. Another Japanese Loan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 March 1905 · page 2

There are indications that another Japanese war loan will be floated successfully shortly. This time the loan is to be placed…

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Cablegrams. War. Russian Reverse Cremating the Slain. Huge Battlefield Fires. How the Dead Are Disposed Of. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 March 1905 · page 2

Owing to the great numbers of dend as a result of the recent fighting the task of burying the bodies has been [?] to be too axinous…

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